DEPARTMENT 12 TEXTILES M-2 (OPEN)

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1 DEPARTMENT 12 TEXTILES M-2 (OPEN) We are excited to announce some new changes in the Textiles Department. One of the biggest changes is our move to the Commercial (EXPO GARDENS) Building. Your entries will be dropped off in the front entrance of the building (signs will help guide you to the correct drop off location). Your entries will be exhibited in the Commercial (EXPO GARDENS) Building and you will pick them up on Sunday, July 17 th between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. at this same location. With this location change also comes some major class and lot changes. Please read all of the rules and entry classes. If you have any questions, please call one of the Superintendents/Assistants or the Expo Office ENTRY DEADLINE: JULY 1, 2016 ENTRY FEE: $ 1.00 EXHIBITOR TICKETS: $15.00 FOR (5) DAY ITEM/S ACCEPTANCE DATES: WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 2016 THURSDAY, JULY 7, 2016 ITEM/S ACCEPTANCE TIMES: WEDNESDAY-BETWEEN 6:00 & 8:00 P.M. THURSDAY-BETWEEN 8:00 & 10:00 A.M. BUILDING FOR ITEM/S DELIVERY: COMMERIAL (EXPO GARDENS) BUILDING ( Please use double door next to the office to bring your entries in for judging) JUDGING DATE & TIME: THURSDAY, JULY 7, 2016, 10:30 A.M. PREMIUMS OFFERED: $2, (OPEN) SUPERINTENDENT: DEB OPYD... (608) missjunk@yahoo.com ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT JANIS STRAESSER... (309) jastraesse@sbcglobal.net DEPARTMENT AND HEART OF ILLINOIS FAIR GENERAL RULES PLEASE NOTE!! All classes will be judged on technique enhanced by eye appeal. CLASS DESCRIPTION DEFINITIONS ARE INCLUDED WITH THE CLASS NAME AS NEEDED 1. Please refer to the GENERAL RULES section in the front of the premium book. 2. Entry deadline is July 1, All entries by mail must be postmarked not later than midnight, July 1, 2016, and must be accompanied by full entry fee. 3. Item/s must be brought between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., Wed., July 6, and/or between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m., Thursday, July 7, Entry tags must be securely fastened to each article exhibited. All entries MUST remain until the close of the fair and picked up between 1:00 & 3:00 p.m., Sunday, July 17, Remittance of entry fee of $1.00 for each entry and $15.00 for an exhibitor=s ticket for (5) days must accompany all applications for entry. All exhibitors must purchase at least (one) $15.00 exhibitor ticket, maximum of (two). NO EXHIBITOR TICKETS WILL BE ISSUED UNTIL ITEMS TO BE EXHIBITED ARE BROUGHT TO THE FAIRGROUNDS. Exhibitor ticket passes may be picked up in the COMMERCIAL (EXPO GARDENS) BUILDING at the time you bring your entries. 5. Exhibitors are limited to two entries per lot. Articles MUST be different. All final decisions are subject to judges and superintendents approval. 6. Entry tags will be mailed to you as soon as your entry is processed. If for some reason you do not receive the tags by the date you are to bring your item/s, please call the office as we may be holding them for you to pick-up when you bring your articles. Do not assume that we have not received your entry. Please call to check on your entry status. 7. Articles must be the handiwork of the exhibitor and be made within the last two years. 8. All articles must be finished; in good repair and clean. 9. Exhibitors who are unable to accompany their exhibits may send them by prepaid express parcel post addressed to the Superintendent, Textiles Department, Heart of Illinois Fair, 1601 W. Northmoor Road, Peoria, IL 61614, who will care for them and properly place exhibits. Sender=s name and address must be plainly written on outside of package. A duplicate entry list must be included in each box of goods shipped. This will aid in the packing and returning by the management at the close of the fair. Adherence to this rule is necessary to insure the safe return of all articles. 10. Every precaution will be taken to ensure the safety of all articles, but in no case will the management be responsible for loss or injury to articles. 11. No article may be exhibited for sale. Merchandise may not be advertised during the Heart of Illinois Fair. 12. Articles awarded Grand Champion at last year=s Heart of Illinois Fair are not eligible in any lot. 13. Exhibits will be released between 1:00 and 3:00 p.m., Sunday, July 17, Winners may pick up their premium checks during the same time period in the snack bar foyer of the Commercial Exhibit Building. Articles not called for by 3:00 p.m., Sunday, July 17, 2016, will be held in the Fair Office for 30 days only. 14. Money for exhibitor tickets and entry fees must accompany entry blank. 15. All fabric garments should be placed on wire hangers. 16. The superintendents reserve the right to refuse entries if they are deemed unworthy of display. If not acceptable, item will be disqualified. 17. Please cover name if it is on the quilt or garment. 18. Judges decisions are final. First place ribbons and premium awards will be awarded in each lot only if the quality of the item meets the judges minimum requirements for a First place award. This rule applies regardless of the number of entries in a lot number. Honorable Mention ribbons may be awarded at the judge s discretion. Grand Champion must be a 1 st place winner. 19. When a single entry has more than 1 piece, please attach securely together. 20. Any Class/lot entered in which your item is a picture it must be framed and prepared for hanging. No pairs or groups of pictures will be accepted, single pictures only. -NEW- 1

2 1. Please bring entries through double doors on the south side of the Commercial (EXPO GARDENS) Building by the office on Wednesday and Thursday. 2. Please read carefully each Class and. Numerous changes have been made. BEST of SHOW 1 st Place $ Cash Prize --TBD & Rosette CLASS V, 1 No entry fee required. All entries will be automatically entered Winner will be chosen from all Textile entries. Final decision will be made by the Textile Superintendent and Assistants VIEWERS CHOICE 1 st Place $ & Rosette CLASS W, 1 No entry fee required. All entries will be automatically entered Winner will be chosen from all Textile entries SPONSORED BY RELICS GIFT SHOP, 1219 W. GLEN, PEORIA, IL CLASS A KNITTING

3 To make cloth or clothing by connecting yarn (fiber threads) into rows with needles (straight, circular or machine) 1. Afghans/throws 2. Children s wearable 3. Ladies wearable 4. Men s wearable 5. Misc. knitted item CLASS B CROCHET Needlework consisting of the interlocking of looped stitches formed with a single thread and a hooked needle 1. Afghans/throws 2. Children s wearable 3. Ladies wearable 4. Men s wearable 5. Misc. crocheted item CLASS C WEAVING To form (cloth) by interlacing strands (as of yarn); specifically: to make (cloth) on a loom by interlacing warp and filling threads; to interlace (as threads) into cloth 1. Household 2. Wearable 3. Art 4. Misc. woven item CLASS D SPINNING To draw out and twist fibers of cotton, wool, silk, etc. into yarn or thread 1. Plied or singles 2. Novelty CLASS X ART QUILTS 1. Any Art Quilt CLASS E QUILTING Two layers of cloth filled with padding (as down or batting) held in place by stitched designs 3

4 PART OF THE PREMIUMS IN THIS CLASS ARE SPONSORED BY GEMS OF THE PRAIRIE QUILTERS 1. Hand or Machine Quilted Quilt, twin, full, queen or king size, any technique. All workmanship must be done by the exhibitor. 2. Quilted Throw/Baby Quilt, maximum size 60 x 60, any technique. All workmanship must be done by the exhibitor. 3. Wall Hanging, maximum size 54 x 54, any technique, no rod. All workmanship must be done by the exhibitor. 4. Miniature Quilt, maximum size 26 x 29, any technique. A miniature is a scaled down version of a larger quilt. All elements (blocks, borders, sashing, etc.) should be reduced in size to a proportion that matches the size of the quilt. All workmanship must be done by the exhibitor. 5. Miscellaneous Quilted item not included in any other. All workmanship must be done by the exhibitor. GRAND CHAMPION OVERALL WILL RECEIVE A $ GIFT CERTIFICATE FROM PEDDLER S WAY, RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION OVERALL, 3 RD PLACE OVERALL AND 4 TH PLACE OVERALL IN CLASS WILL EACH RECEIVE A $50.00 GIFT CERTIFICATE FROM PEDDLER S WAY QUILT CO.,127 PEDDLERS WAY, WASHINGTON. CLASS F NEEDLEPOINT Embroidery done on a canvas usually in simple even stitches across counted threads No pairs or groups of pictures will be accepted, single pictures only 1. Misc. needlepoint item CLASS G - LACE 1. Tatting a delicate handmade lace formed usually by looping and knotting with a single cotton thread and a small shuttle 2. Bobbin lace made by hand with thread wound on bobbins CLASS H CROSS STITCH/COUNTED CROSS STITCH A needlework stitch that forms an X No pairs or groups of pictures will be accepted, single pictures only 1. Misc. cross stitch or counted cross stitch item CLASS I EMBROIDERY The process of art of sewing a design on cloth 4

5 No pairs or groups of pictures will be accepted, single pictures only 1. Hand 2. Machine CLASS J RUG HOOKING 1. Strips Both an art and a craft where rugs are made by pulling loops of yarn or fabric through a stiff woven base such as burlap, linen or rug warp. The loops are pulled through the backing material by using a crochet-type hook mounted in a handle (usually wood) for leverage 2. Latch Hooking Uses a hinged hook to form a knotted pile from short, pre-cut pieces of yarn CLASS K - SEWING 1. Costume 2. Clothing 3. Household 4. Misc. sewn item THE GRAND CHAMPION IN THIS CLASS WILL ALSO RECEIVE A FREE ONE YEAR MEMBERSHIP TO ASG PROVIDED BY THE CENTRAL ILLINOIS/PEORIA CHAPTER. CLASS L FELTING Cloth made of wool and fur often mixed with natural or synthetic fibers through the action of heat, moisture, chemicals and pressure 1. Needle 2. Nuno A fabric felting technique that bonds loose fiber, usually wool, into a sheer fabric such as silk gauze creating a light weight felt 3. Wet CLASS M UPCYCLING Reuse (discarded objects or materials) in such a way as to create a product of a higher quality or value than the original 1. Household 2. Wearable 3. Misc. upcycled item CLASS N DOLLMAKING INCLUDING DOLL CLOTHES 5

6 1. Misc. dollmaking item including doll clothes CLASS O FIBER FUSION Any combination of three or more fiber arts media; i.e. wet felting, needle felting and knitting, etc. 1. Fiber Fusion item CLASS P BEADING To ornament with beads 1. Any beaded item CLASS Q WIRE WORK & VIKING KNITTING 1. Any wire work item 2. Any Viking knitted item A technique or method of circular knitting with continuous wire that produces hollow tubes of knitted chain; sometimes referred to as trichinoply chainwork CLASS R PAPER 1. Paper making 2. Book making CLASS S BASKETRY Creating woven baskets 1. Misc. basketry item 6

7 CLASS T MACRAME The art of knotting cord or string in patterns to make decorative articles 1. Misc. macramé item. PREMIUMS IN THIS CLASS SPONSORED BY A FRIEND OF THE FAIR CLASS U - CHRISTMAS CREATIONS All Items in Class Q are to have a Christmas Theme 1. Misc. any item with a Christmas Theme, may be a quilted item, picture, stocking, etc., using a textile technique, (all framed pictures must be prepared for hanging) CLASS V, LOT 1 please see page 2 Best of Show from all items entered in the Textile Department as chosen by the Superintendents and Assistants in the Textiles Department CLASS W LOT 1 please see page 2 Viewers Choice from all items entered in the Textile Department Exhibitors please note we are waiting on some sponsorship acknowledgements. We will continue to make award changes as they come in, but we are uploading this to our website at this time so you can know the direction entries are going. Thank you for your patience. 7